A Pocket Style Manual

The first of its kind,A Pocket Style Manualcontinues to help student writers get answers to their writing and research questions. Its concise and straightforward content is flexible enough to suit the needs of writers in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, health professions, business courses, fine arts, teacher training courses, and beyond. Its slim format, brief length, and spiral binding make it a portable and practical tool. With its signature Diana Hacker quick-reference more >>

The first of its kind,A Pocket Style Manualcontinues to help student writers get answers to their writing and research questions. Its concise and straightforward content is flexible enough to suit the needs of writers in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, health professions, business courses, fine arts, teacher training courses, and beyond. Its slim format, brief length, and spiral binding make it a portable and practical tool. With its signature Diana Hacker quick-reference features,A Pocket Style Manualhas always provided quick solutions to writing problems. Supplemented by the best free and open Web resources,A Pocket Style Manualoffers the best value for students.

In the Hacker tradition,the new contributing authors — Nancy Sommers, Tom Jehn, Jane Rosenzweig, and Marcy Carbajal Van Horn —have crafted solutions for the challenges today’s college students face. Together they give us a new edition that provides more help with research writing and one that works better for a wider range of students.CLARITY

1. Tighten wordy sentences.

2. Prefer active verbs.

3. Balance parallel ideas.

4. Add needed words.

5. Eliminate confusing shifts.

6. Untangle mixed constructions.

7. Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers.

8. Provide some variety.

9. Find an appropriate voice.

GRAMMAR

10. Make subjects and verbs agree.

11. Be alert to other problems with verbs.



12. Use pronouns with care.

13. Choose adjectives and adverbs with care.

14. Repair sentence fragments.

15. Revise run-on sentences.

16. If English is not your native language, check for common ESL problems.

PUNCTUATION

17. The comma

18. The semicolon and the colon

19. The apostrophe

20. Quotation marks

21. Other marks

MECHANICS

22. Capitalization

23. Abbreviations, numbers, and italics (underlining)

24. Spelling and the hyphen

RESEARCH RESOURCES

25. Finding print and online sources

26. Evaluating sources

MLA PAPERS

27. Supporting a thesis

28. Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism

29. Integrating nonfiction sources

30. Integrating literary quotations

31. MLA documentation style

32. MLA manuscript format; sample MLA pages

APA PAPERS

33. Supporting a thesis

34. Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism

35. Integrating sources

36. APA documentation style



37. APA manuscript format; sample APA pages

CHICAGO-STYLE PAPERS

38. Supporting a thesis

39. Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism

40. Integrating sources



41.Chicagodocumentation style

42.Chicagomanuscript format; sampleChicagopages

GLOSSARIES

43. Glossary of usage

44. Glossary of grammatical terms



A List of Style Manuals

Index

Checklist for Global Revisions

Revision Symbols"I like the book for its convenient format, straightforward presentation of material, and interesting, easy-to-use examples."

— Mary Evans, College of Nursing,University of South FloridaDIANA HACKERpersonally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students over 35 years at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, where she was a member of the English faculty. Hacker handbooks, built on innovation and on a keen understanding of the challenges facing student writers, are the most widely adopted in America. Other Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, includeThe Bedford Handbook,Seventh Edition (2006);A Writer’s Reference,Sixth Edition (2007); << less